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Juan D'Brot  | 
May 07, 2025
Assessment

The Secret to Making Policy Stick: Getting the Advice You Need

Policies don’t implement themselves. Three key advisory groups can help states move from concept to classroom.

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Center For Assessment Team  | 
Apr 16, 2025
Assessment

We’re at NCME and AERA 2025! Come Check Us Out

We’ve got a fascinating lineup of presentations at the two big education research conferences, NCME and AERA. Here’s a quick rundown.

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Cara Cahalan Laitusis  | 
Apr 09, 2025
Accessibility & Accomodations

Generative AI and Cara’s Other Favorite Accessibility Things

Oprah has her list. We have ours. Check out the accessibility tools and innovations that Cara Laitusis loves.

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Juan D'Brot  | 
Apr 02, 2025
Equity and Fairness

What Is Fair? Equity in Education

Equity is under attack. But equity is not a threat—it is fairness in action. It ensures that every student gets the support they need to succeed in school.

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Caroline WylieCarla Evans  | 
Mar 19, 2025
Assessment

Improving Balance in Assessment Systems: Let’s Learn Together

At our conference, we’ll ask what it takes to implement balanced assessment systems and explore how tests can support or hinder teaching and learning.

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Carla EvansCatherine Taylor  | 
Mar 12, 2025
Assessment

Culturally Responsive Assessment: From Classrooms to Large-Scale Settings

A new volume explores what we’ve learned about culturally responsive assessment and how we can build on it to serve students better.

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Juan D'Brot  | 
Mar 05, 2025
Assessment

Facing Federal Contract Cancellations Head-On 

The cancellation of federal research contracts cuts states’ and districts’ access to good data. These five ideas help them preserve and use the data they have.

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Scott Marion  | 
Feb 26, 2025
Accountability

Choosing a Growth Model: Far More Than Technical Factors

Nearly all states use a measure of student growth in their accountability systems. But how should they choose a model? Our new paper provides guidance.

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André A. Rupp  | 
Feb 05, 2025
Assessment

Comparability Isn’t All or Nothing 

Tags: Innovation

Understanding comparability as a multifaceted problem—not a yes-or-no issue—can help states as they create innovative assessment systems.

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Chris Brandt  | 
Jan 29, 2025
Accountability

Teaching & Assessing 21st Century Skills: A Focus on Student Agency

Tags: 21st century skills

Agency—the ability to control one’s own thoughts, processes and actions—is a key skill for students to master. But assessing that mastery is challenging.

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Chris BrandtCarla EvansChris Domaleski  | 
Jan 22, 2025
Assessment

The Challenges of Assessing 21st Century Competencies

Tags: 21st century skills

A new report from the Center explores the challenges of assessing 21st century competencies and offers practical advice.

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Will Lorié  | 
Jan 15, 2025
Accountability

Subtraction in Assessment and Accountability (Re)Design

Resisting our urge to add design layers to assessment and accountability systems—and subtracting instead—can produce better solutions.

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Scott Marion  | 
Jan 08, 2025
Assessment

Assessment Score Reports Must Get Better!

Two relatively easy changes in states’ assessment score reports can go a long way toward helping users understand the results.

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Scott Marion  | 
Dec 18, 2024
Accountability

We’re Better Together!

Collaboration defined our work in 2024 and is at the heart of the Center’s philosophy. When we push one another to hone our ideas, we reach new heights.

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Cara Cahalan Laitusis  | 
Dec 11, 2024
Assessment

Equity and the Accessibility Game Plan

Key strategies from the world of accessibility offer helpful guidance in advancing equity in educational testing in K12 schools.

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Chris Domaleski  | 
Dec 04, 2024
Accountability

Right-Sizing ESSA Accountability 

Tags: Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

States can create an accountability mix that right-sizes federal requirements and their own priorities, by blending or separating the two.

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Courtney Stone  | 
Nov 20, 2024
Accountability

How Do State Leaders Want to Change the Every Student Succeeds Act? 

Tags: Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

ESSA is widely criticized, but our new survey shows that most assessment and accountability leaders favor few changes.

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Juan D'Brot  | 
Nov 13, 2024
Assessment

Test Security: Expanding Our Ideas to Support Score Integrity

Test security has typically focused on preventing, detecting and acting on irregularities. But it should also support fairness and equity.

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